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The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen
Peter J Bailey
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Description for The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen
Paperback. Merging criticism with biography, this work uses Allen's ambivalent views of the artistic enterprise as the key to understanding his entire career. The author demonstrates how Allen's films constitute a debate he is conducting with himself about the capacities of art to improve the quality of life. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
For three decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific -- or as paradoxical -- as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) through Celebrity (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Allen has produced an average of one film a year, yet in many of these films Allen reveals a progressively skeptical attitude toward both the value of art and the cultural contributions of artists.
In examining Allen's filmmaking career, The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen demonstrates that his movies often question whether the projected illusions of magicians/artists benefit audience or artists. Other ... Read more
For three decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific -- or as paradoxical -- as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) through Celebrity (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Allen has produced an average of one film a year, yet in many of these films Allen reveals a progressively skeptical attitude toward both the value of art and the cultural contributions of artists.
In examining Allen's filmmaking career, The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen demonstrates that his movies often question whether the projected illusions of magicians/artists benefit audience or artists. Other ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813190419
SKU
V9780813190419
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About Peter J Bailey
Peter J. Bailey, professor of English at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, is the author of Reading Stanley Elkin.
Reviews for The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen
Bailey's investigation of Allen's debate over the redemptive powers of art addresses crucial questions about American popular culture and entertainment. An important contribution to American film studies. - American Studies; ""Bailey's serious study will please the serious student of film and of 20th-century artistic expression."" - Virginia Quarterly Review; ""Fans and students of Allen's films will gain new insights into ... Read more